“Mama Bear” depicts one of my favorite memories of my mother. If you have already read my page “About Crohn’s Disease“, you know that I first got sick when I was 11 and that it took 6 months for doctors to make the diagnosis. This was a scary period for both me and my parents. I had tried to stay tough, but this was the day I broke. I’d never had student doctors at an appointment before and this was the gastroenterologist, so embarrassing stuff might happen. I panicked at the question. One of the students made the insensitive comment. I started to cry. My mother pulled the group into the hall destroyed them.
It must be tough to have a child with Crohn’s Disease. I’m grateful to my parents for handling it as well as they did.